The NY Times is shocked, shocked!, that political opponents are digitally removed from state-controlled Russian TV. Do I find the Kremlin’s practice disgusting? Yes. But I also see the hyprocrisy of the whole story. First, we enlightened Americans also have state-controlled media. NPR and PBS come to mind; but they’re good. We have convinced ourselves that they can never be used for propaganda the way the less-enlightened fascists and tyrants have done in far away places. Second, I seem to remember that during the Presidential debates that certain candidates – Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, Tom Tancredo, Dennis Kucinich, etc – … Continue reading Kremlin Rules Are Not So Different From White House Rules